Interviewing for jobs while being a Consultant is incredibly difficult. It's better than the other option but that doesn't take away the stress.

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Oh I've learned it but you would think I'm interviewing for c-suite with all the rounds of interviews...too many 'Personal commitments' at this point

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I think everyone is pretty cautious with their hiring right now...or I suck...I probably suck

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It's an election year.

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My buddy told me recently that he had 7 rounds of interviews recently for a boutique strat consulting gig in NYC. That seems incredibly excessive realizing I'm a few years out from the last time I interviewed and I thought 3 was excessive for Accenture

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The other option would have been me being part of the purge...

The phrase you need to learn is "I have to leave at *x* I personal commitments"

Nope. Incredibly cautious.

It isn't just the election year. Nobody can figure out China or Europe (Germany and France keep flipping and Italy just sucks). Big-Box retail is tanking - with little plan to effectively correct - while Amazon is consolidating power. Oil & Gas - and energy/commodities still in the tank due to excess production/supply and continually weak demand. If consulting firms - they have the ability to be slow due to talent availability. Industry is going into Q4 where budgets are often capped to meat earnings.

3 is fine. 7 is definitely excessive.

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